PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3672 PRINTER'S NO. 4037
No. 2656 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, LLOYD, RIEGER, LINTON AND BURD,
JUNE 6, 1990
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 24, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety,
3 by providing for the examination and licensure of those who
4 desire to engage in the profession of barbering; regulating
5 barber shops and barber schools, and students therein;
6 regulating compensation for service rendered; conferring
7 certain powers and duties on the Department of State; and
8 providing penalties," allowing work as a barber during <--
9 licensing procedure. PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY LICENSES. <--
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 13 of the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, <--
13 No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, amended June
14 30, 1984 (P.L.494, No.101), is amended to read:
15 Section 13. (a) No person shall practice barbering who is
16 not a licensed barber. No licensed barber shall practice, or
17 attempt to practice, barbering in any place other than a
18 licensed barber shop or licensed cosmetology shop, except that
19 any licensed barber in a licensed barber shop or licensed
20 cosmetology shop may furnish barber services to persons at their
21 place of residence or in institutions in cases of sickness,
1 incapacitation, confinement, and other emergencies: Provided,
2 however, That nothing contained in this section shall be
3 construed to include family members of the same household,
4 hospitals or colleges, and private schools for children,
5 cosmetology shops or schools of cosmetology, except that it
6 shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for any person to
7 employ or to accept employment, in any such shops, parlors or
8 schools, who has been refused a license by the board.
9 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person who has
10 graduated from a barber school or has successfully completed the
11 required training period under a licensed barber teacher may
12 work in a licensed barber shop for a period not to exceed six
13 months from the date of such graduation or completion.
14 SECTION 1. THE ACT OF JUNE 19, 1931 (P.L.589, NO.202), <--
15 REFERRED TO AS THE BARBERS' LICENSE LAW, IS AMENDED BY ADDING A
16 SECTION TO READ:
17 SECTION 13.1. UPON PAYMENT OF A REQUIRED FEE, A TEMPORARY
18 LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO ANY APPLICANT WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR
19 ADMISSION TO THE BARBER'S EXAMINATION. AN APPLICANT WHO IS THUS
20 LICENSED SHALL PRACTICE ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED
21 MANAGER-BARBER UNTIL THE TIME OF THE NEXT SCHEDULED EXAMINATION.
22 TEMPORARY LICENSES ARE GRANTED FOR A NINE-MONTH PERIOD.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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